Initially I thought this was some kind of a joke. Obviously this man is a crazed woman-beater and needs prison time.

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i have seen elise and several other dutch players supporting each other when i've been at challengers, i've stood next to them, even chatted with them occasionally, and all i can say is that in my experience, they behave perfectly well. they make no noise during points, they applaud only after winners/good points, etc. i'd be very surprised if her behaviour had sparked any kind of trouble.

regardless of what started things, this was a thoroughly reprehensible action and the guy should be jailed and given a life ban from all itf events. disgusting.

For a grown man to physically attack a woman regardless is disgusting.

This man makes Demon Tennis Dads of the past look down right saintly. Hopefully he's not only banned for life from all ITF events, but is put on trial and throne in jail. The fact that he fled the country makes him twice a guilty. And if he's able to do this to a girl in the stands watching a fellow player, god only know what he does to his own daughter.

Elise is one of the most polite and best-behaved tennis girls I've ever seen, with what I would call a slight build. According to Dutch newspapers, the guy made racist comments about her. When she objected to this, she got beaten. Disgusting, what a pig!

- She still has a headache, a swollen eye and is in shock about what happened
- She said there was a normal atmosphere oncourt, no cheering at mistakes from the opponent or sth. Mihai Barbat was making bad remarks from the start of the match about Elise and other things. At one point Elise decided it had been enough and she walked up to Barbat to tell him that his behavior was wrong. She remembers being punched shortly after.
- Everybody was in shock on the court. Also Karen Barbat, she was crying and said she thought it was awful what he did.
- another friend of Elise tried to speak with Mihai shortly after he knocked out Elise, but he replied to her that "she should stop talking, otherwise he would punch her in the face too".
- Tournament officials made Mihai Barbat leave the venue after it happened. Apparently he drove to Denmark with his daughter straight away. Now, Elise says, the Danish police cannot do anything, because he can only be arrested in Germany.
- She thanks everybody for their support, she got many support messages on facebook and so on.

- She still has a headache, a swollen eye and is in shock about what happened
- She said there was a normal atmosphere oncourt, no cheering at mistakes from the opponent or sth. Mihai Barbat was making bad remarks from the start of the match about Elise and other things. At one point Elise decided it had been enough and she walked up to Barbat to tell him that his behavior was wrong. She remembers being punched shortly after.
- Everybody was in shock on the court. Also Karen Barbat, she was crying and said she thought it was awful what he did.
- another friend of Elise tried to speak with Mihai shortly after he knocked out Elise, but he replied to her that "she should stop talking, otherwise he would punch her in the face too".
- Tournament officials made Mihai Barbat leave the venue after it happened. Apparently he drove to Denmark with his daughter straight away. Now, Elise says, the Danish police cannot do anything, because he can only be arrested in Germany.
- She thanks everybody for their support, she got many support messages on facebook and so on.